Progressives, attitude of, toward I.
W. W., 11.
"Proletarian rabble, the," pre-con-
vention conference of (1906), 137-
139.
Proletario, Il, 160.
Providence, R. I., strike of window
cleaners, 269.
"Pure and simple" unions. Vide
Craft unions.
Public officials, attitude of, toward
I. W. W., 10.
Public opinion and the I. W. W., 8,
107.
Railway Employees, United Broth-
erhood of, 54, 61, 74, 100, 102;
Transportation Department of I.
W. W., 132.
Railway Workers Industrial Union,
of the I. W. W., 339.
Rank and file, the, doctrine of, 79,
167; rule of, 307.
Recruiting Unions, 339.
Referendum, emphasis on by I. W.
W., 158. Vide also Initiative and
Referendum.
Reitman, Ben, on the 8th I. W. W.
convention, 316-317.
Religion and the I. W. W., 292.
Representation, proportional, 326.
Respectability, I. W. W. contempt
for, 296.
Revolutionary unionism, in Eng-
land, 29; Owen's "General Union
of the Productive Classes," 29:
Grand National Consolidated
Trades Union, the, 29.
Richter, Hermann, 15, 105, 168, 228,
230, 237, 249, 253-254.
Riordan, John, 100, 137.
Ritual, abolition of, in I. W. W.
meetings, 167.
Ryan, Albert, 217-218.
Sacramento, Calif., I. W. W. con-
spiracy case, of 1918, 280.
Sabotage, 13, 34, 53, 250, 252-254,
277 et seq.. 284, 315, 328, 341; at-
titude of DeLeon and St. John on,
236; definitions of, 277-278; So-
cialist party sabotage clause (Art.
II. sec. 6), 278-280. Vide also
Direct action, Violence.
St. John, Vincent, 15, 73, 76, 77, 130,
136-137, 142, 144, 151-152, 172, 176.
178, 180, 182, 221, 223, 228, 235-
236, 266-267, 271, 291, 333-334, 335;
in the Western Federation of
Miners, 42; quoted, 58, 192, 193,
194, 200-201, 203, 205, 213, 217-218,
247-248; on DeLeonism, 149; on
free-speech fights, 260-261.
St. Louis, I. W. W. Industrial Coun-
cil in, 163.
Salaries of I. W. W. officials, 168.
San Diego, Calif., free-speech fight,
263-264; report of Commissioner
Weinstock, 264.
San Francisco, Calif., ladies' tailors'
strike, 247.
Scab. Vide "Union scab."
Schenectady, N. Y., electrical work-
ers' strike, 203; syndicalist strike
tactics at, 204.
Scranton, Pa., I. W. W. and United
Mine Workers at, 324.
Secession movements in I. W. W.,
Shenango, Pa.. strike at, 259.
Sherman, Charles O., 58, 62, 79, 87,
Shenkan, I., 119.
100, 125, 137, 143, 148, 150, 161,
169, 171, 175, 179; charges against,
139-140; his defense, 141, 151; de-
cision of Master in Chancery,
145; Western organizing in pref-
erence to Eastern, 157.
Simons, A. M., 62-63, 73, 79, 91, 95,
Silva, Tony, 197.
103; quoted, 65-66, 81; on polit-
ical action, 93.
Skowhegan, Me., strike of textile
workers, 203, 214.
Smith, Clarence, 57, 79; quoted, 58.
Smith, J. W., 202.
Soap boxers," 338.
Social Democratic party. Vide So-
cialist party.
Social Democratic Workmen's party,
Alliance, 50, 81; attitude toward
pure and simple" unions, 88;
on unions in politics, 94; at sec-
ond I. W. W. convention, 151-
152; tenets, 220, 240–241.
Socialist party, 44, 78, 109, 186, 250,
251, 287; and the Western Fed-
eration of Miners, 42; and Amer-
ican Labor union, 45; compared
with Socialist Labor party, 47;
and I. W. W., 64, 127, 231, 276,
279-280; on "boring from within,"
82; on the controversy of 1906,
148-149; report to Stuttgart Con-
gress on I. W. W., 185; and
sabotage, 278-280; Haywood re-
called from Executive Committee,
280.
Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance,
45-46, 54-55, 74, 76, 78, 80, 102-
103, 105, 109, 127, 148, 153, 225,
245; organized, 47; and Socialist
Labor party, 48, 81; and Knights
of Labor, 49; character of, 49 et
seq.; composition and member-
ship, 51-52; at 1st I. W. W. con-
vention, 75; on "pure and simple"
unions, 88.
Socialist Unity Conference, New
Jersey, 125-129; resolutions, 128;
on the I. W. W., 128-129.
Somers, Mont., strike at, 259.
Songs of the I. W. W., 368-378.
Sorel, Georges, 272.
South Africa, I. W. W. in, 340.
South Dakota, criminal syndicalism
law, 345-346.
Sovereigns of Industry, 37.
Speed, George, 110, 180, 208.
Stogie makers, 116.
Spokane, Wash., free-speech fight,
263, 280.
Strikes, 122-124, 203-206, 259, 268-
269, 281-283, 337; at Goldfield,
Nev., 191-201; I. W. W. tactics,
124-125, 204-206, 209-210, 295; I.
W. W. failure to hold ground
after strikes, 214; of Detroit fac-
tion, 245-247; effect of, on mem-
bership, 259; Lawrence, Mass.,
282-292; Mesaba Range, 337; list
of, 366-367. Vide also General
Strike.
Structure, 98, 134, 160-167, 202, 339.
351; original 13 Departments, 96-
97; Industrial Councils, 98-99,
163; local unions, 99; National
Industrial Unions, 131, 134; In-
dustrial Departments, 164; office
of General President, 166-167; St.
John and DeLeon on, 235; Re-
Stuttgart Socialist Congress (1907),
cruiting Unions, 339.
147, 183; report of Hillquit and
Barnes on the I. W. W., 148;
relation between
unions, 184; resolution on polit-
parties and
Syndicalist Educational League, 274-
ical action, 187-188.
Syndicalist League of North Amer-
275.
ica, 274.
Tacoma, Wash., smeltermen's strike,
Tactics, organizing, 117; "boring
203-204.
from within," 118, 297; strike,
124-125, 204, 205-206, 286; organ-
izing in East and West, 157; dual
Tailors, ladies', strike of, in San
unionism, 297-302.
Francisco, 247.
Textile industry, I. W. W. in, 214,
348; membership in, 284.
Textile workers' strikes, Paterson-
Passaic, N. J., 246; Mystic, Conn.,
247; Lawrence, Mass., 282-293.
Textile Workers' National Indus-
Thompson, James P., 79.
trial Union, 265, 293, 303.
Timber Workers, Brotherhood of,
265, 293.
Tonopah, Nev., miners' strike, 123,
Tonopah Sun, 192.
203-204.
Trade agreements.
Trade unions. Vide Craft unions.
Trainor, C. E., 230.
Trautmann. William E., 49, 57, 61,
79, 87, 98, 100, 119, 124, 129, 137,
140, 144, 146, 150-152, 163, 172,
176, 180, 219-220, 223. 259, 266,
293; quoted, 53, 207-208, 228; on
Trenton, N. J., silk workers' strike,
organizing farm laborers, 228.
Turner, John Kenneth, quoted, 205-
123.
206.
Unemployment, 327, 335.
"Union scab, the," 85, 287, 374-375.
Unionism, objects of, from I. W. W.
standpoint, 84-85.
United Labor League, 70.
United States Government, inter-
vention at Goldfield, Nev., 196;
report of Pres. Roosevelt's Com-
mission. 196-198.
United States Senate, "anti-sabot-
age" bill, 344-345.
Universal label, the, 165-166.
Unlawful Associations Act of Aus-
tralia, 280, 341-343-
Unskilled labor, 66, 118, 177, 289,
339; Knights of Labor and, 33.
Untermann, Ernest, 279.
Utah State Federation of Labor, 70.
Walla Walla, Wash., free-speech
fight, 263.
Walsh, J. H., 221-222.
War, 340-346; resolution against,
329. Vide also Militarism and
War of 1914-1918.
War of 1914-1918, and the I. W. W.,
7-8, 280, 329, 340-346.
Washington (State), "syndicalism
bill," vetoed by Governor, 345.
Waterville, Wash., strike of farm
laborers at, 259.
Weekly People, 211.
Weinstock, Harris, report on San
Diego free-speech fight, 264.
Wenatchee, Wash., free-speech fight,
263.
Western Federation of Miners, 53-
54, 55, 60, 70, 74-75, 100, 102, 113,
130, 132, 145, 150, 152, 170, 175,
180-182, 203, 216-217, 318-323, 325;
organized, 40; and American Fed-
eration of Labor, 40-41, 215, 318-
319; strike activities, 41-42; and
Socialist party, 42; and the state.
55-56; importance in early I. W.
W. history, 104-105; secession
from I. W. W., 122, 147, 149–151,
176, 179; at Goldfield, 191-201; on
agreements, 198, 319; Haywood
and, 216-217; and I. W. W. at
Butte, Mont., 319-322.
Western I.W.W.s. 231-232, 233;
compared with Eastern members,
233-234, 296, 311-314.
Western Labor Union, 41. 53, 127;
"Wheel of Fortune, the," 79.
Whitehead, Thomas, 228.
Williams, B. H., 180, 312.
Window cleaners, strike of, at Provi-
dence, R. I., 269.
"Wobblies," origin of name 57.
Women, I. W. W. attitude toward
organization of, 160.
Wooden Shoe. The, sabotage slo-
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